I would like to give the comments a 👍👍. Dr Joe, I had reviewed and bought this grinder at HF. Sadly in 2023 INFLATION ran me $140. But, I'll take it😎😁. But gorge I will watch more of your videos. You're pretty awesome 😎👍. Thank you.

@JosephHunstad

Жыл бұрын

Hello Matt King! Thank you for your kind comments. I actually ended up buying two of these when I converted to a buffer which works well also. I like the variable speed aspect. I hope you have subscribed Thanks Joe.

I bought one of these grinders last week at Harbor Freight on sale. I paid about the same price as you did. Your video is much appreciated. I watched your video before I put the grinder together. Both your video and comments were very helpful to me. I agree with you that the grinder is very well made with minimal vibration and noise. I have used it twice now and it has performed very well.

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment I know you’ll enjoy using that grinder. I’m glad I was helpful take care. Joe

Nice job showing how it goes together.

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers! Take care Joe

You are the man Dr. Joe. Looking for a grinder and you sold me on this one. Great video.

@JosephHunstad

Жыл бұрын

Hey John, thanks so much for your comment. I think a find the grinder works great. Consider subscribing. Thanks, Joe.

Outstanding video Dr. Joe. Well documented and explained. Bout to go purchase mine as a replacement. Have a great Navy Day!

@JosephHunstad

Жыл бұрын

Hey man thanks brother. Consider subscribing. It’s a great grinder I actually bought two one is a grinder and one is a buffer. Take care - Joe

@f14tomcataocretired95

Жыл бұрын

Already suscribed. Plan on one side for grinding and the other side with steel wire wheel. Keep the videos coming. Have a great Navy Day!@@JosephHunstad

Thank you so much for showing step by step on how to put this together. I agree the instructions are terrible and I could not have done it without you. Have a great day. Thanks again.

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your comment. I think you’ll enjoy your variable speed grinder very much. I think this product is excellent and hopefully they’ll catch up by Rewriteing and printing a much better manual. Take care - Joe

Great review! I've been wondering how good the new HF grinders are. Hope you can give us a long-term review in a few months.

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. So far so good this grinder looks excellent well-made heavy duty I think it’s going to be a winner yes in 3 to 6 months I will do a long term review thank you very much for your comments take care Joe

Can I add a wire wheel or buffer wheel to this and does it come with a spacer if needed? Not sure if I miss this in the video. BTW, I was wondering how to use that Harbor Freight Grinding Wheel dresser. I didn't know how you were suppose to position the thing. Thanks for the demo!

@JosephHunstad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your question. You can add a wire wheel or buffing wheel to your grinder but sometimes it’s a great idea to takeoff the shrouds. I have another video on turning your grinder into a buffer that you may wish to look at. Additional spacers do not come with this grinder and you may have to add some. Typically I add a 5/8 inch inside diameter washer on either side of the wire wheel so that the larger bushings will come into contact without holding the wheel securely. Take care Joe

Nice review and tutorial. I just bought one yesterday. Plan on using it mostly for sharpening. Mine seems louder than on the few videos I've seen. (Specially on slow speed.) Of course I'm hearing it through computer speakers. Is your grinder as quiet as it seems? I'm just debating if I should exchange it. first grinder so no real frame of reference.

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

Check to be sure it doesn’t have any bearing noise if that’s the case then it would be a bad bearing but no my grinder seems to be very quiet I’m really impressed with the minimal vibration right out of the box.

Bought one of those today for touching up HSS lathe tools; seems worth the $104 I paid for it today. Put a fine grit white wheel on it and after truing up seems fine. Variable speed seems like a nice option. As far as assembly goes, pretty straight forward but instructions don’t provide as much info as the picture on the box does LOL.

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. I have now purchased two of these one I use with a steel and then a brass wheel one on each side the variable speed is nice because 3600 RPM for a wire wheel is too fast. The other one I converted to a buffer took the guards off and I love the variable speed for the buffer. Take care Joe

I have this. I do like it. How do I add water to one of the wheels. I use it to shape rocks

@JosephHunstad

8 ай бұрын

OK that is a very good question. Typically a water wheel is a slow rpm wheel. I have a number of these the classic one is obviously the Tormek It is possible I supposed to obtain one of the water troughs and attach it to the side of the grinder but I don’t have any experience with it. I’m interested to see if it works for you. If so, please let me know. Consider subscribing. Thanks, Joe.

Just put mine together an hour ago. I do see that this video was from a year ago so you probably how figured out your error in your assembly by now. I sure hope this one lasts as long as my old one has.

@JosephHunstad

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for coming. I’ve enjoyed that grinder. It’s really quite a workhorse. Yes it’s been more than a year in so far so good. Consider subscribing. Thanks Joe.

very helpfull!

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. I hope you have a good experience with yours. Take care Joel

I would love to buy one of these but it looks like Harbor Freight discontinued the varible speed? Any suggestions? There's one on ebay (open box) but it's well over $200.00

@JosephHunstad

6 ай бұрын

Harbor freight has a three-quarter horsepower variable speed grinder made by Bauer that you might consider. It seems to be very similar to the previous Hercules grinder that I reviewed.

What are the two tools you used to true up your wheels especially the t shaped diamond one and where can you get them ??

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. All of these devices are known as grinding wheel dressers. They can be a rotating wheel, a solid bar, or a diamond encrusted block on a handle which is my preference. Copy and paste the following into Amazon and you’ll find a nice set for $10.99. 3 Pieces Grinding Wheel Dresser Diamond Grinding Wheel Stone Dresser Tool with Flat Diamond Coated Surface for Truing Grinding Deburring Wheels

@robertnimick7584

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for your reply and I'll look into getting some....great presentation ... take care have fun...bcnu

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertnimick7584 Thank you so much I think you’ll enjoy those they come in three grits so depending on the wheel or the condition of the wheel you might need the course one but probably the medium and find when are the best. Thanks Joe

I'm a subscriber, to your KZread videos. Is the angled rest for sharpening drill bits, in the left side work rest, for the creation of 118° angles in the heads of sharpened drill bits?

@JosephHunstad

Жыл бұрын

Hello Ken. Yes that angled groove in the tool rest is for drillbit sharpening. You have to be careful to have the angle of the tour rest set to get the proper relief on the bit however. Thanks - Joe

@kenw9681

Жыл бұрын

@@JosephHunstad Can this bench grinder be turned on and used at full 3,400 R.P.M. speed, when only one of its two wheels are on it, without damaging this bench grinder or the one remaining wheel that's being used on it?

@JosephHunstad

Жыл бұрын

@@kenw9681 good question Ken. I would probably prefer to run it with the second wheel on for balance but I think it can run fine with one I think there’s a greater risk of more wear however particularly if you’re really pushing on that wheel. Take care - Joe

Lol, wish I would have seen this video before putting mine together a few days ago. Either way, got it together and it works perfectly and quietly.👍🏻

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

I think you really enjoy this grinder it works very well for me. Thanks for your comment. Take care. Joe

You just saved my a#$ 😂 thanks for the video, much appreciated 👍👍

@JosephHunstad

Жыл бұрын

Hey buddy, thanks for the nice comment. Hope everything works out well. Consider subscribing. Thanks Joe.

Seems closed on itself. How is the motor cooling?

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

I have run this machine with wire wheels on it very very hard for a long time and the motor does good hot but it keeps on working. If you take the cover of the base off you’ll see there are four holes in the bottom part of the motor itself. These holes vent into the base which is loosely connected to the motor so The motor vents out to that area. Take care Joe

@Quentyn73

2 жыл бұрын

@@JosephHunstad Thank you so much for the prompt reply and clarification.

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

@@Quentyn73 not a problem. I didn’t know the answer to your question and it was easy just to screws hold the plate on the base and then you can see those four openings of the motor. Take care Joe

The manufacturers instructions were terrible indeed. Hercules should be paying you to do tutorials on their tools. Thanks!

@JosephHunstad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your comment. I hope you found that useful and allowed for your assembly to go smoothly. Consider subscribing and have a great day. Thanks Joe